Java 6 is already 8 years old. Java 7 is 3 years old. Java 8 is pretty
new but worth considering if it is not a significant different from the
upgrade to Java 7.
How much work was involved in the switch from 6 to 7.
The difference between versions of Log4j would not seem to be a big
advantage or a big problem. I did this on one of our projects and it was
pretty painless. I also switched from properties to xml and that was a 1
hour project for my simple system.
From a marketing/project adoption point of view, a product based on an
8 year old version of Java is a lot less attractive that one running on
the latest version.
It shows that the project team is on top of current technology and that
the project is active.
I don't think that people would care much about the version of log4j
when deciding whether to consider OfBiz.
I have not tried Java 8 so I can not comment on where problems can come
from.
Our move from 6 to 7 was pretty transparent but we did not have any code
developed with earlier versions of Java and did not try to retrofit new
Java 7 capabilities into existing code.
You have already done this so you know the extent of the effort required.
I don't have to do the work so.....
Ron
On 19/08/2014 10:16 AM, Adrian Crum wrote:
I don't have an opinion on this.
The "rule" has been to keep backports restricted to bug fixes only,
but we have a history of backporting various refactorings to make
branch maintenance easier.
From my perspective, the two things cancel each other out, and I end
up with no opinion.
Adrian Crum
Sandglass Software
www.sandglass-software.com
On 8/19/2014 2:34 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:
Before I start the process of preparing the release files for the
first release of the 13.07 series and call a vote on it I would like
to get your feedback on a couple of topics.
Should we backport to it the recent switch to Java 7?
Should we backport to it the recent update to Log4j2?
The main reason I am asking this is that once we release the first
release out of 13.07, for sure we will not backport the
aforementioned upgrades (because they are not bugs); however the
13.07 releases will stay with us for at least 2 years and it would be
nice to do the migration to these new technologies now.
Thanks in advance,
Jacopo
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